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Naylor also said a diet like Atkins can be very harmful to the environment. She said it isn't environmentally sound to mass produce farm animals and fish to be consumed for protein-based diets, and it is a burden on natural resources.

So it's better to eat primarily carbs and have diabetes and maybe die an early death? Seriously, I could eat meat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and I did that in the beginning month or two of Atkins, but afterwards I got sick of it and now I'd say I eat meat only once a day -- two at most. For an example, for lunch I had a 4oz grilled chicken salad. For dinner I plan to eat something else other than meat. I don't think I'm anywhere close to contribute to the "burden of natural resources".

And even if we, cumulatively, ate a lot more meat now, I'd rather people became more healthy as a result, than to die of obesity. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to figure out a more balance way of producing all this meat without ruining the environment.

Serri